Mount Pleasant residents living near the Pleasantville Cottage School called on the town and representatives of the school’s operating agency to better protect the community after a recent escalation of incidents involving its residents. Last Wednesday, members of the Coalition
Read MoreA Mount Kisco resident raised concerns last week that the pending relocation of the village’s fire horn would have problematic effects on the health and quality of life of many neighbors. The village is moving forward with plans to install the
Read MoreA public forum on an upcoming referendum on a proposed new fire house in the Hartsdale Fire District is scheduled for Tuesday, December 6. The Hartsdale Neighborhood Association will be hosting the moderated online discussion with Fire District Chief Raymond
Read MoreA 19-year-old Peekskill man was charged last week with attempted murder in connection with the shooting of a city resident in early November. Dimitri Jones was arrested by Peekskill Police detectives and the FBI Safe Streets Task Force on Nov.
Read MoreThe Peekskill community is mourning the death of beloved city Police Officer Gregory Jones, who passed away unexpectedly November 24. He was 48. Jones, a 24-year veteran of the Peekskill Police Department, was a school resource officer, D.A.R.E. instructor and
Read MoreMt. Kisco’s former Public Works general foreman was sentenced last week to time served in his harassment case against his ex-wife but an order of protection was put in place for her and their four children. Joe Luppino, who was
Read MoreA crowd of people braced against the cold Saturday afternoon in a vigil remembering Kenneth Chamberlain Sr., a veteran killed by White Plains police at his home 11 years ago. Huddled together in front of the White Plains Department of
Read MoreA 30-year-old Peekskill man was indicted last week on charges connected with the murder of his stepfather in Sept. Shane Gilleo is accused of stabbing Edward Reeves, 48, of Peekskill, multiple times with a knife at 7 North James St.
Read MoreIn October, Cortlandt resident Angela Outhouse was sworn in as the first female President in the 116-year history of the Westchester County Volunteer Firemen’s Association (now firefighter’s association — more on that later). A career nurse who volunteers as an EMT for
Read MoreA Newburgh man was sentenced last week to five years in state prison after pleading guilty to selling drugs and soliciting a minor while behind bars awaiting trial. Malik Ellis, 26, was arrested Feb. 7, 2022 after a two-month investigation
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